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blanch
作不及物动词，表示脸色因震惊、恐惧等失去血色。
Her face blanched when she heard the news.
她听到消息时脸色发白。
焯；烫漂
blanches — third person singular of blanch
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
焯；烫漂
To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water and then into cold water.
Her face blanched when she heard the news.
她听到消息时脸色发白。
变白或成为白色。
To grow or become white.
因害怕而回避；逃避；不加理会。
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
使褪色变白；漂白。
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
使转向或返回。
To cause to turn aside or back.
blanch
Base
原形
blanches
3rd person
第三人称单数
blanching
-ing
现在分词
blanched
Past
过去式
blanched
Past participle
过去分词
She always blanches the almonds before using them.
她总是在使用杏仁前先焯一下。
He is blanching the vegetables for the salad.
他正在为沙拉焯蔬菜。
They blanched the tomatoes to remove the skins.
他们把番茄焯了一下以便去皮。
常用于烹饪中，指短时间焯烫食物。
Before freezing, you should blanch the vegetables to preserve their color.
冷冻之前，你应该将蔬菜焯水以保持颜色。
She blanched the green beans in boiling water for two minutes.
她把青豆在沸水中焯了两分钟。
The chef is blanching the tomatoes to remove their skins.
厨师正在焯西红柿以便去皮。
作不及物动词，表示脸色因震惊、恐惧等失去血色。
Her face blanched when she heard the news.
她听到消息时脸色发白。
作及物动词，表示使某物变得苍白或褪色；也可指通过遮光等方式使植物变白。
The sun had blanched the curtains.
阳光把窗帘晒得褪色发白。
烹饪用语，指快速焯烫后通常过冷水，以保持颜色和口感。
Blanch the vegetables in boiling water for two minutes.
把蔬菜放进沸水里焯两分钟。
Not this
Bleach the tomatoes in boiling water for thirty seconds, then peel them.
Use this
Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for thirty seconds, then peel them.
给番茄去皮前的短时间沸水处理在英语中用 blanch；bleach 意为‘用化学剂漂白’，不能表达烹饪中的‘焯/烫漂’。
Not this
She looked at his blanch face with worry.
Use this
She looked at his blanched face with worry.
blanch 是动词，不能直接修饰名词；描述‘发白的/苍白的’状态应使用其过去分词 blanched 作形容词。
Not this
The broccoli blanches for two minutes before serving.
Use this
The broccoli is blanched for two minutes before serving.
烹饪义‘焯水’的 blanch 是及物动词，需要有动作承受者；当主语是蔬菜时要用被动语态 is blanched，而不能把蔬菜当作主动施动者。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
焯蔬菜
Blanch the vegetables in boiling water for two minutes, then drain them well.
将蔬菜在沸水中焯两分钟，然后沥干。
焯杏仁（以便去皮）
Blanch the almonds, then slip off the skins.
把杏仁焯一下，然后剥去外皮。
把肉焯水
Blanch the meat in boiling water for a minute before braising.
炖之前先把肉在沸水中焯一分钟。
吓得脸色发白
She blanched with fear at the sudden shout.
那突然的一声喊叫把她吓得脸色发白。
遮光使芹菜变白
Gardeners blanch celery by covering the stalks with soil.
园丁用土覆盖芹菜茎，通过遮光使其变白。
一想到…就吓得脸色发白
She blanched at the thought of giving a speech to the entire company.
她一想起要在全公司面前演讲就吓得脸色发白。
因价格昂贵而退缩
They blanched at the cost of the wedding venue.
他们看到婚礼场地的费用时都退缩了。
在压力下紧张得脸色发白
Some athletes blanch under pressure and fail to perform.
有些运动员在压力下会紧张得脸色发白，发挥失常。
Use blanches naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
别忘 blan- 像“白”的开头，吓白脸色、烫白蔬菜，都是 blan 一白到底。
语域：mixed 常见场景：cooking/food preparation、facial pallor (fear, cold)、gardening blanch 比较常见于烹饪场景，指把蔬菜等放入沸水短暂焯烫；也可指人或物变白，例如脸色因恐惧或寒冷而变白，或进行漂白/遮光处理。烹饪义多出现在菜谱和烹饪指导中，变白义则多用于书面描写或日常描述。两种用语的正式程度会随语境变化，整体上可视为混合语域。
与 blanch 押韵（/ɑːntʃ/）：branch、ranch。注意拼写相似的 launch /lɔːntʃ/ 和 French /frɛntʃ/ 读音不同，并不押韵。
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